Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment.
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment.
His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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Filmography (Movies)
Naum. Predictions
Character:self
Release Date:26/02/2026
Director's Diary
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2025
Voices in the Old Walls
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Release Date:05/02/2019
Francofonia
Character:(voice)
Release Date:11/11/2015
Voice of Sokurov
Character:Himself
Release Date:14/06/2014
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Character:Himself - Filmmaker
Release Date:01/09/2013
Film about the film
Character:himself
Release Date:05/06/2013
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
Character:
Release Date:14/05/2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2011
We Need Happiness
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/10/2010
The Art of Time
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/2009
Elegy of a Voyage
Character:The Traveler (uncredited)
Release Date:24/06/2009
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/2008
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2008
Sokurov
Character:himself
Release Date:18/11/2006
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/04/2006
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/09/2003
Kira
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/2003
Russian Ark
Character:The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Release Date:22/05/2002
The Knot
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/1998
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
Character:рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан
Release Date:01/07/1998
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Character:(voice)
Release Date:04/04/1997
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/04/1997
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
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Release Date:01/01/1997
Oriental Elegy
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/04/1996
A Soldier's Dream
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Release Date:29/06/1995
An Example of Intonation
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1991
Simple Elegy
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Release Date:03/02/1990
Leningrad Retrospective
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Release Date:01/01/1990
Soviet Elegy
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/12/1989
Petersburg Elegy
Character:Narrator
Release Date:29/11/1989
Moscow Elegy
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:04/04/1987
And Nothing More
Character:narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1987
You Should Survive
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Release Date:01/05/1981
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
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Release Date:22/03/1979
Television Appearances
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